2008–09 Elitserien (bandy)

Elitserien is the top-tier of bandy in Sweden since 2007. The second season was played October–March 2008–09.

2008–09 Elitserien season
LeagueSweden Elitserien
SportBandy
DurationOctober 2008 – March 2009
Number of teams14
Regular season
League ChampionsEdsbyns IF
  Runners-upVästerås SK
Relegated to AllsvenskanGripen Trollhättan BK (after qualification-round); IFK Motala, Örebro SK
Playoffs
Finals championsVästerås SK
  Runners-upEdsbyns IF
Elitserien seasons

League table

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Each team meet every other team twice during the season, so 26 rounds are played all in all.

The top eight teams went on to the quarter-finals in the play-off for the Swedish championship. Teams eleven and twelve had to play a qualifying round against teams from Allsvenskan to stay in Elitserien, while teams 13 and 14 were relegated without the possibility to re-qualify for Elitserien until next year.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Edsbyns IF 26 22 2 2 187 76 +111 46 Advance to Knock-out stage
2 Västerås SK 26 19 3 4 139 74 +65 41
3 IK Sirius 26 18 2 6 117 93 +24 38
4 Sandvikens AIK 26 17 2 7 149 85 +64 36
5 Vetlanda BK 26 15 4 7 115 89 +26 34
6 Hammarby IF 26 15 2 9 135 106 +29 32
7 Broberg/Söderhamn 26 13 2 11 109 96 +13 28
8 IFK Vänersborg 26 10 4 12 102 95 +7 24
9 Bollnäs GIF 26 8 5 13 100 102 −2 21
10 Villa Lidköping BK 26 8 2 16 96 135 −39 18
11 IFK Kungälv 26 8 0 18 83 131 −48 16 Qualification to Relegation playoffs
12 Gripen Trollhättan BK 26 4 4 18 86 161 −75 12
13 IFK Motala 26 4 2 20 73 136 −63 10 Relegation to the Allsvenskan
14 Örebro SK 26 4 0 22 87 199 −112 8
Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source: [1]

Knock-out stage

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A best-of-three playoff were used in the quarter-finals and best-of-five in the semi-finals. The crucial final for the Swedish Championship was played at Studenternas IP in Uppsala on 21 March 2009.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                      
 
 
 
 
Edsbyns IF 8 7
 
 
 
IFK Vänersborg 5 3
 
Edsbyns IF 3(4) 4(4) 7 7
 
 
 
IK Sirius 3(3) 4(5) 2 1
 
IK Sirius 2 2 5
 
 
 
Vetlanda BK 5 1 1
 
Edsbyns IF 4
 
 
 
Västerås SK 5
 
Västerås SK 5 8
 
 
 
Broberg/Söderhamn 1 0
 
Västerås SK 1 4(5) 5 4 4
 
 
 
Sandvikens AIK 4 4(4) 3 7 3
 
Sandvikens AIK 10 5
 
 
Hammarby IF 4 4
 

Final

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Season statistics

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Top scorers

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As of end of season.[2]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Magnus Muhrén Sandvikens AIK 44
  Christoffer Edlund Vetlanda BK
3   Christian Mickelsson Edsbyns IF 42
4   Tomas Knutson Örebro SK 40
5   David Karlsson Hammarby IF 37
6   Jesper Bryngelsson Villa Lidköping BK 34
7   Alexander Mayborn IK Sirius 27
  Misha Pashkin Gripen Trollhättan BK
9   Patrik Anderbro Västerås SK 25
  Joakim Hedqvist Edsbyns IF
  Per-Johan Wikström Broberg/Söderhamn Bandy

References

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  1. ^ "Elitserien - Svenska Bandyförbundet". Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2015-03-27.
  2. ^ "Skytteliga - Svenska Bandyförbundet". Archived from the original on 2018-01-24. Retrieved 2018-01-23.